How much you move affects your strength, your power, your balance, how you look, how you think, how well you withstand the high winds and rain showers of life and how long you will stand. Everyone needs concentrated doses of several kinds of movement to remain functional.

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.

I really liked it best when I was a nobody.

I had the drive to pursue speedskating and I found a sport that I was good at. If I'd got into cycling, I would just be another has been.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.